happy stories for a bad day

A lonely young office worker is befriended by a child who steals his rice ball, and his older brother - Minoru - who asks him to teach him how to make them. (I also learned how to make them and they are delicious!)

A fluffy, g-rated relationship between a boy who always sees the bright side and the person he loves: a serious, brilliant, bespectacled darling. This is SO CUTE.

Two businessmen fall in love over food in this gentle romance.

A manga where someone can cook without injury! A man who works as a cook in a family run store takes notice of a salaryman who always seems to pick up the dishes he makes. This was sweet, with no unnecessary miscommunication, grown-up characters, and no unhappy feelings. I loved it.

I just gained ten years on my life after reading this. After he's dumped in the street, a man sits on a bench to cry and is startled when a pair of underwear falls on him from the apartment above. It belongs to an older man, recently divorced, who effortlessly inserts himself into his life.

Gentle, sweet, hopeful, mature, no pain. This is a lovely story.

Touching and hilarious micro-chapters about two best friends, who are slowly becoming something more.

Two men set out to make the world's best ramen and fall into delightful love with each other, have passionate sex, good communication, and a happy future. A+

I AM CLEANSED! Naohito, who is single and pushing 40, is forced to attend a mixer where he meets Tohru, who is friendly, young, and speaks his mind - sometimes a little too much for Naohito, whose obsession with maintaining a perfect public image has cost him all but one relationship.

When he knocks on the door to introduce himself, the socially awkward Tsubaki quickly learns that his new neighbors are a gay couple. Not sure how to react, he confides in his coworker Azuma, who assures him that gay couples are just like everyone else. Tsubaki befriends them and spends more time with Azuma, who makes him realize how lonely he is and begins to fill that gap. But when Azuma kisses him, he has to evaluate his feelings.

A refreshing, sweet love story between a man who works the floor at a nightclub and a man who comes to the club nightly. Beautifully drawn, realistic, touching, super happy.